“Healing is surely to come. It may be the healing of my
body. I expect so with all my heart. Or it may be the healing
of my weary spirit, which has not always been peaceful in the
run and the muck, the thistles and the sweats of this worldly
existence. This last rest I do also expect with all my heart.
I won't be surprised to hear the voice of the Lord at the end
of things physical. I believe in both. It is not reasonable.
Even to myself I cannot make these pieces fit. A paradox.
“Nonetheless! In spite of the paradox this must pose, I
repeat what I've written before: I am completely at peace with
this drama. This adventure.
“Even the seeming of my body's loss -- that swift
invasion of allergenic symptoms caused by the chemicals last
week -- hasn't stolen from me the blessings of my adventure.
God does not cause human misery, nor does he desire the death
of any person on earth. But he can and does participate in the
complexities of human life. He takes, therefore, advantage of
our weaknesses to love our spirits and to prop up our weary
bones.”
-Walter Wangerin Jr., Letters From the Land of Cancer
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